I remember seeing these in a bike shop window in europe back in '99. Quite possibly the most awesome thing I'd seen, although I was riding an 80's Shogun Trailbreaker at the time which was a recent upgrade from a Repco Tracer

It got a fair amount of chips and surface rust so it'll take a bit of cleaning up. Nice frame though, and light as well. The wheels are definitely not the originals, weigh a ton and feature a screw-on 5-speed freewheel. The seatpost and saddle were pretty crappy as well. Going to be a bit of a project.

I still have my trek y-11. It was my only bike until a couple of years ago. It is on light duties now due to the shock mou t starting to come away as was common with that model. Has now been converted to SS and disc brakes. I realise that I don't have a current pic so I'll have to sort one out.Original spec.Updated to what it was just before the frame cracking in 2010.I still have most of the original parts, although there aren't many left on it!

bychosis (bahy-koh-sis): A mental disorder of delusions indicating impaired contact with a reality of no bicycles.

Cool, love the frame paint. Looks like it had a full life judging from the upgrades.

I just got back from an overnight tour on my Specialized Rockhopper, and snapped a few pictures along the way, complete with red vinyl 'fetish tape' .I hope Slow6 approves of the build, it's getting plenty of love at it's new home. It's certainly the most comfortable and enjoyable bicycle I have ever owned.

Yes I measured it at 26.4, I've had no success finding anything that is long enough, even on international eBay. Plenty of Nuovo/Super Record in that size, but they're all short. I will probably order a Kalloy cheapie in silver from my LBS, I'm not too fussed.

LugNut wrote:Yes I measured it at 26.4, I've had no success finding anything that is long enough, even on international eBay. Plenty of Nuovo/Super Record in that size, but they're all short. I will probably order a Kalloy cheapie in silver from my LBS, I'm not too fussed.

Good idea. Also, after seeing your build, I went to a local swap meet today and ended up coming away with some WTB drop bars, bar-end shifters, and Paul's cantis. And so it begins....

LugNut wrote:Yes I measured it at 26.4, I've had no success finding anything that is long enough, even on international eBay. Plenty of Nuovo/Super Record in that size, but they're all short. I will probably order a Kalloy cheapie in silver from my LBS, I'm not too fussed.

Good idea. Also, after seeing your build, I went to a local swap meet today and ended up coming away with some WTB drop bars, bar-end shifters, and Paul's cantis. And so it begins....

Sounds like you cleaned up, nice stuff. Paul canti's look fantastic and I've only heard good things about them. I haven't cold set the frame yet, I just sprung it apart 9mm. I would have re spaced it but I was putting it together at night to ride the next morning Look forward to seeing it.

I was cleaning up tonight and found a 1984 copy of National Cycling Magazine, which I purchased from an op shop a few years ago. I flicked through, and discovered this ride report from the very first Mountain bike race held in Australia. In the interest of historical preservation, and for the mild amusement of the 4 or so other people who care about this sort of thing, here it is! Along with a few super sized photos.